GRE Word List
FRISK
to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
The meaning of the word frisk is to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |